When the choice is ours: context and agency modulate the neural bases of decision-making.

The option to choose between several courses of action is often associated with the feeling of being in control. Yet, in certain situations, one may prefer to decline such agency and instead leave the choice to others. In the present functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, we provide evi...

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Main Authors: Birte U Forstmann, Uta Wolfensteller, Jan Derrfuss, Jane Neumann, Marcel Brass, K Richard Ridderinkhof, D Yves von Cramon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2290971?pdf=render